Quotes About Determination

A writer has two choices: either write or curl up and die.

Mark Rubinstein

Son, in life you do not fight battles because you expect to win... ...you fight them merely because they need to be fought. -Snagglepuss

When we are afraid we ought not to occupy ourselves with endeavoring to prove that there is no danger, but in strengthening ourselves to go on in spite of the danger.

She knew that it was better to have a dream and pay a price for it than to be lukewarm. - regarding St. Teresa of Avila

trying to establish the boundary between an irresistible impulse and an impulse not resisted was like trying to determine when twilight ended and dusk began.

By making a comeback, I'm changing the attitude of people toward me. If I'd known that people would react so enthusiastically, I'd have done it years ago.

The pool is terrible, but that doesn't have much to do with my record swims. That's all mental attitude.

I just tried to keep my cool and continue with my race plan: to win.

Swimming isn't everything, winning is.

I swam my brains out.

I want bad girls to win.

How many times should you try before you give up? If you want something bad enough, you will keep trying until. Until what? Until you succeed.

The difference between success and failure is effort.

The distance doesn't matter. Just think about your next step.

The Alps had taught him not to fret and whine at difficult circumstances. It was a waste of energy.

If a bomb's coming at you, it's coming at you. You can't go around worrying about it. Just go on doing what you love, and go on enjoying your life.

Nothing in life worth doing is easy

You decide; then you act. You choose faith; then you walk through the door.

Pino ignored her, focusing instead on the locomotive in an apron chugging out of the kitchen

What you seek is what you will find, but only if you hunt it with all your heart and mind.

The problem is, most people get frustrated when they do not find what they are looking for or don't do what they are trying to do easily and in a short period of time. They give up after a couple of failures or a couple of years of struggle. The dream that once lit up their heart now begins to darken it, and their thinking changes.

and nose and pulled his cap down low over his eyes. But the snow now rode on a shuddering gale. It pounded him, found the collar of his coat, and crawled down his back. It stung his knuckles through his mittens and gnawed at the exposed right side of his face until his skin was raw and then numb.

Mark T. Sullivan